Germany

Articles referring Germany or German topics

Albums and tracks

• In Frank Zappa's list with influences, printed in the sleeve of Freak Out!, scientist Albert Einstein, sexologist Eberhard Kronhausen and composer Karlheinz Stockhausen are mentioned.
• Absolutely Free: mentions "Donner & Blitzen" (thunder & lightning).
• On the cover of We're Only In It For The Money actor Max Schreck, scientist Albert Einstein and a bust of Ludwig van Beethoven can be seen.
• Mr. Green Genes: "with sauerkraut".
• Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown
• Didja Get Any Onya?: "Years ago in Germany..."
• Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?: "(...) and a three month supply of German bookings with tickets on Air Rangoon."
• Strictly Genteel: "God have mercy on (...) the purple lipped censors and the Germans of course".
• On the front cover of One Size Fits All a scroll can be seen with German lyrics: "Divan divan, weisst du wer ich bin?" ("Sofa, sofa, do you know who I am?")
• Sofa No. 2: The lyrics are sung in German.
• Seal Call Fusion Music: "Ok, Ok now a waltz seal call solo . . . from-from Bavaria."
• Stick It Out: certain lyrics are sung in German.
• Reagan At Bitburg, based on Ronald Reagan's controversial visit to Bitburg, Germany.
• Once Upon A Time on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1: certain lyrics are sung in German.
• German Lunch on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5.
• Divan: certain lyrics are sung in German.
• A Solo From Cologne
• A Solo From Heidelberg
• Bavarian Sunset
• Welcome To The United States:
  • Certain lyrics are spoken in German.
  • "Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?"
• While rehearsing with the Ensemble Modern for The Yellow Shark did a few try-outs based on the German children's book Der Struwwelpeter, but eventually dropped the idea.
• This Ain't CNN, This Is All Wrong, You're Just Insultin' Me Aren't You! and Cold Light Generation: German is spoken.
• Waffenspiel: a German sounding word that nevertheless doesn't exist.
• Library Card: certain lyrics are sung in German.
• Magic Pig: certain lyrics are sung in German.
• German, for all the Zappa songs sung in German.

Locations in Germany

• 68/09/28 Essen Germany Grugahalle
• 68/10/09 Munich Germany Deutsches Museum Kongressaal
• 78/02/25 Neunkirchen am Brand Germany Hemmerleinhalle
• 78/09/03 Saarbruecken Germany Ludwigsparkstadion
• 78/09/07 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
• 78/09/08 Munich Germany Circus Krone
• 80/07/03 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
• 82/06/08 Hamburg Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
• 82/06/26 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
• 84/09/08 Ahlen Germany Motorcross-Stadion am Morgenbruch
• 84/09/09 St. Goarshausen Germany Loreley-Freilichtbuhne
• 88/04/12 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
• 88/04/13 Offenbach Germany Stadthalle
• 88/04/14 Cologne Germany Sporthalle
• 88/04/22 Wuerzburg Germany Carl-Diem-Halle
• 88/04/24 Bremen Germany Stadthalle
• 88/05/05 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
• 88/05/09 Munich Germany Rudi-Sedlmeyer-Halle
• 88/05/25 Mannheim Germany Rosengarten/Mozartsaal
• 88/05/06 Hamburg Germany Congress Centrum Hamburg
• 88/05/26 Fuerth Germany Stadthalle
• 92/09/17-19 Frankfurt, Germany, Alte Oper
• 92/09/22-23 Berlin, Germany, Philharmonie
• Berlin
• Cologne
• Munich
• Frank-Zappa-Straße
• Frank Zappa Monument, Bad Doberan
• Frankfurt Press Conference 21.7.92

Zappa associates from Germany

• Ensemble Modern
• Lukas Foss conducted a version of L'Histoire Du Soldat, narrated by Frank Zappa.
• Andreas Mölich-Zebhauser
• Hermann Kretzschmar
• Henning Lohner, directer of the documentaries Peefeeyatko, The Yellow Shark and The Revenge Of The Dead Indians.
• Fritz Rau
• Peter Rundel
• Claus Wiedemann
• Dietmar Wiesner

Classical composers, conductors and musicians

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Ensemble Modern
• Lukas Foss
• Hans Werner Henze
• Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky
• Hermann Kretzschmar
• Henning Lohner
• Peter Rundel
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
• Richard Wagner, composer of Lohengrin
• Kurt Weill
• Dietmar Wiesner

Folk Artists

• Walter Gerwig

Rock and pop artists

• Die Ärzte
• Bonnen
• Can
• Guru Guru
• Nina Hagen
• KMFDM
• Ukulele Dub Society
• Vicki Vomit

German actors

• Max Schreck

German comedians

• Vicki Vomit

German writers

• Franz Kafka (born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, but identified as German)

German brands

• Deutsche Grammophon
• Deutsches Museum
• Mercedes Benz
• Volkswagen
• Porsche

German scientists

• Albert Einstein
• Eberhard Kronhausen
• Dr. Ruth

German visual artists

• Dieter Boé
• Andreas Rausch

Zappa Phenomena

• Arf Society
• Sheik Yerbouti (The Band)
• The Zappanale Festival.
• Andreas Rausch, author of Zappaesk and creator of the YouTube series The Dog & Frank Zappa.

Miscellaneous

• Communism
• German TV Interview (1970)
• Joseph Goebbels
• Rosemarie Heinikel
• Adolf Hitler (for references about Nazis)
• Rosy Rosy
• Zyklon-B